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The Rev. Herman DREWE
Set As Default Person -
Name Herman DREWE Prefix The Rev. Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 1749 - From age in burial index
Baptised 3 Aug 1749 St. Andrew’s Church, Broadhembury, Devon, England
- From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 21 Dec 2017)
"Herman. The Son of Francis Drewe Esqr and Mary his Wife was Baptized the third Day of August" - under heading 'Christnings 1749'
Gender Male Education Est 1768 Emmanuel College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Ordained 29 Sep 1771 Chapel of the Blessed Virgin Mary, The Bishop’s Palace, Exeter, Devon, England
Deacon - To the curacy of Sheldon, from the CCEd website
Occupation From 30 Sep 1771 Sheldon, Devon, England
Curate - From his licensisng on 30 Sep 1771. From the CCEd website
Ordained 4 Jul 1773 Chapel of the Blessed Virgin Mary, The Bishop’s Palace, Exeter, Devon, England
Priest - As curate of Sheldon, from the CCEd website
Occupation From 5 Jul 1773 to 16 Aug 1817 Sheldon, Devon, England
Perpetual Curate Occupation From 28 Feb 1775 to 1817 Wootton Fitzpaine, Dorset, England
Rector - Institution - info on the CCEd website
Vacancy (following his death) - info on the CCEd website
Occupation From 25 Dec 1777 to 1784 Domestic Chaplain to Mary, Countess Dowager de la Warr - From the CCEd website
Occupation From 12 Feb 1785 to 1800 Domestic Chaplain to Thomas Townshend, Baron Sydney of Chislehurst - From the CCEd website
Occupation From 17 Feb 1785 to 1817 Combe Raleigh, Devon, England
Rector - Dispensation granted in 1785, I think to hold the living plurally. Curates were appointed in 1785 and 1786, but there is no record of more after this (on the CCEd website, as at 11 Sep 2017) until after Herman's death, and he was living in Combe Raleigh when he wrote his will.
(From the CCEd website)
Died 19 Apr 1817 - Actual date from memorial plaque in Broadhembury Church.
(Vacancy for the perpetual curate of Sheldon following his death dated 16 Aug 1817)
Buried 24 Apr 1817 St. Andrew’s Church, Broadhembury, Devon, England
- From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 21 Dec 2017)
"Name: Revd Herman Drewe Deservedly Lamented. abode: Coombrawliegh County of Devon, buried: April 24th 1817., age: yrs 68, ceremony performed by: Edward Forward Roberts Curate" - under heading 'Burials ... Broadhembury ... 1817'
Siblings6 brothers
Half-siblings2 half brothers and 3 half sisters (family of Francis DREWE and Mary JOHNSON) Patriarch & Matriarch
Francis DREWE, Esqr., b. 1712, d. 10 Feb 1773 (Age 61 years) (Father)
Ursula BRYDGES, b. Est 1510, d. Between 26 Oct 1575 and 4 Feb 1575/76 (Age ~ 65 years) (6 x Great Grandmother)
Person ID I24920 All Last Modified 22 Dec 2017
Father Francis DREWE, Esqr., b. 1712, d. 10 Feb 1773 (Age 61 years)
Other Partners: Mary JOHNSON m. 26 Dec 1754Mother Mary ROSE, b. Abt 1715, d. 7 Nov 1749 (Age ~ 34 years) Married 21 Sep 1737 The Parish Church, Wootton Fitzpaine, Dorset, England
- From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 11 Sep 2017)
"Francis Drew Esqr of Graunge in the Parish of Broad=
=Hembury in the County of Devon & Miss Mary Rose
of this Parish were married"
Despite having 7 sons, only one of whom died as a child, there were no male heirs to inherit the Grange from this marriage and it was descendants of a son of Francis' second marriage who were to inherit it.
Family ID F8381 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Sarah Mary HATHERLY, d. Sep Q 1838, Honiton Reg Dist, Devon, England
Married 1 May 1775 St. Andrew’s Church, Colyton, Devon, England
- From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 22 Dec 2017)
Children3 children Last Modified 22 Dec 2017 Family ID F9701 Family Group Page | Family Chart


